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Posted in thread: Hopped Mead--Tej on 03-05-2006 at 08:57 AMMaking Tej is an involved process, it's not hops. Read the article on gotmead, it explains
everything.

Posted in thread: Upcoming Cider Experiment on 02-28-2006 at 11:49 PMWell this is what I had in mind. I love cider and I love maply syrup so why not make a cider
with about two to three pounds of maple syrup? I've made meads with maple syrup and they have
never lasted ...

Posted in thread: first time brewer on 02-25-2006 at 04:02 AMWell you can start that way with equipment or you can do some junkyard brewing as I and my
fellow deviants did in high school. Find a jug of apple juice, glass prefered dump some yeast
in, put a sanat...

Posted in thread: Hopped Mead--Tej on 02-25-2006 at 03:38 AMI believe I saw an article on GotMead about Tej. You might want to try looking through the
forums there as well.

Posted in thread: First Mead on 02-23-2006 at 03:55 PMA good idea, some basic equipment will make your life a lot easier when brewing.

Posted in thread: Yeasty taste on 02-23-2006 at 03:43 PM... you drank live activated yeast? It will start eating your body! :D Nah, it's all good,
things will tend to have a yeasty taste to them. Once it settles out the taste should go away.

Posted in thread: First Mead on 02-23-2006 at 08:35 AMWell for one the campden tablets are not needed. Honey is fairly sterile until you dilute it,
an odd property it has. The trashcan and trashbag are not going to help you much as the gas
will escape no...

Posted in thread: 10 year old Mead on 02-22-2006 at 09:53 AMJoe's Ancient Orange is rather good. It never lasts long for me :tank: . I warn that it breaks
some brewing taboo including using bread yeast *gasp* but it has proven itself time and time
again so sti...

Posted in thread: 10 year old Mead on 02-19-2006 at 11:42 AMI've tasted some VERY good 14 year old mead. It was sweet and had a high alcohol content but
you could never tell until you tried to stand up :drunk: Aging mead is an odd thing as some age
very well a...

Posted in thread: SG for meads? on 02-16-2006 at 11:16 PMLook on the bright side, if something goes wrong and it tastes good... go with it. It could
have gone wrong and been horrible.